By Mike McClary

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Welcome to The Detroit Tigers Podcast. This is Episode #115 a 36-minute podcast about the Detroit Tigers recorded live from Scottsdale, Ariz., and Asheville, N.C. In this episode we touch on: Joel Zumaya‘s season-ending injury Ian’s trip to Atlanta More bad calls against the Tigers …and much more. Download the audio file or grab the RSS feed here. ••• Comments? Leave a message on the listener line: (602) 903-5174. Or, reach us on Twitter: @TigersPodcast We’ve also got a growing Facebook community: www.facebook.com/TigersPodcast Reach the hosts via: Mike: @DailyFungo, @MikeMcClary and www.DailyFungo.com Ian: @IanCass , MLive’s Cutoff Man Blog and SB Nation Detroit Theme music for the podcast produced by Paul Minshall. The Detroit Tigers Podcast is not affiliated in any way with the…

You may not want to admit it, but you always feared that Joel Zumaya was one pitch away from another – possibly catastrophic – arm injury. I certainly did. But as this season wore on, I thought about it less and less. We were finally seeing the Zumaya we enjoyed so much in 2006 — but he was even better. He’d matured physically and mentally and was a reliable late-innings setup man. When I saw him virtually crumble to the ground after throwing that pitch in the eighth inning — and I don’t remember if it was a ball or strike — I immediately thought the worst. Not that his career was over, but that something happened to his arm that would effect his…

The Detroit Tigers turned in another dud of a performance tonight, falling to the New York Mets 5-0 at Citi Field tonight. The Mets veteran right-hander R.A. Dickey won his sixth start (6-0) in seven tries, throwing eight scoreless innings, allowing just four hits. Dickey retired the final 13 batters he faced. Jeremy Bonderman pitched another strong game, perhaps becoming the most consistent starter. Bondo allowed just two earned runs before departing, but was on the hook for two more when he was relieved by Joel Zumaya and Phil Coke. His final line: 6 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 3 K. The Tigers had an opportunity in the first inning when they loaded the bases with two outs. Carlos Guillen ended the…

Jeremy Bonderman threw seven strong innings and the offense added 19 hits as the Tigers defeated the Washington Nationals 8-3 on Thursday afternoon. The victory caps a second straight series sweep, and overall 6-game win streak, a stretch in which the Tigers have scored 37 runs on a whopping 70 hits. It’s a pleasant sight for Tigers fans, who had recently endured a stretch where the cats had lost 12 of 18 with the main culprit being a stagnant offense. Miguel Cabrera extended his league-leading RBI total to 59, going 2-for-5 with a double and three RBI. Alex Avila went 2-for-4 with a long double in the 2nd inning, driving in two runs. Not to be lost in the offensive onslaught is Jeremy Bonderman,…

Note: I began writing this report card at the 40-game mark but ran into computer troubles and wasn’t able to post it. Though the Tigers have blown past that milestone I’ll still submit it for your consideration. If you’ve followed the Tigers for any length of time, you’re probably familiar with Sparky Anderson’s old saying about giving a team 40 games before drawing any conclusions. Last Wednesday night Justin Verlander handcrafted the Tigers 5-1 win over the A’s on Wednesday and gave the Tigers a 23-17 record at the 40-game mark. So, is it time to draw conclusions? Why not?

ESPN highlights available here. The Score: Tigers 8 – Rangers 4 The Gist: For the first time in nearly nine years, Brad Thomas took the hill as a starter and did enough to keep the Tigers in the game until the offense took over in a kooky fourth inning. With two outs that inning, Ryan Raburn and Ramon Santiago scored on a wild pitch when the ball ping-ponged off the brick backstop and rolled toward Gene Lamont along the third-base line. Winning-pitcher Eddie Bonine (2-0), Joel Zumaya and Jose Valverde combined with Thomas to hold the Rangers scoreless over the final seven innings. Johnny Damon drew three walks — a season’s worth for Pudge Rodriguez. The Quote: “They’ve been getting us our wins.” —…